American Murder: Laci Peterson and what makes a true-crime case indelible
The crimeOn or around December 24, 2002, Laci Peterson – eight months pregnant with her and her husband Scott's first child, a son they'd already named...
August and September are boom times for true crimecrime
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The Docket 08.15.24: West Memphis 3 attorney Dan Stidham
Back in 1993, Dan Stidham began representing Jessie Misskelley Jr., one of the West Memphis 3 defendants -- and never gave up on his promise to free his...
Should you join Griffin Dunne's The Friday Afternoon Club?
The crimeThe 1982 murder of Griffin Dunne's sister, Dominique; the second career Dunne's father, Dominick, then made reporting on high-profile trials for...
3 things that set Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth? apart
The crimeYou may recognize the case from the docuseries' title; if you don't, you might get more out of Taken Together if you go in "cold." To do that,...
The Docket 08.08.24: Fake around and find out
[click here to listen now and for the full show notes!] Today we're talking fakes and forgeries of all sorts -- and more importantly, SDB's favorite...
Tricky Dick: “It’s as though he has needed enemies”
(Keep reading here) Richard Nixon pulls a face before a TV appearance, as shown in Tricky Dick. (CNN)
From the archives: The Best Evidence Watergate reader (updated!)
The 50th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resigning the presidency is coming up this week, so I've brought a Watergate reader out of the archives for your...
Scammy psychics, body snatchers, and Sean "Diddy" Combs
Scott Peterson following his arrest on April 18, 2003. Credit: Modesto Police Department Best Evidence readers know that the end of the month isn’t just your...
The Docket 08.01.24: Olympic trials
[listen to the episode AND get the full show notes right here] No, not that kind...the criminal-justice kind, as we dig into the top true-crime stories...
July 2024 Bonus Review: 3 Podcasts, or "Errol, Jewell, and In The Dark"
Talking Pictures: Errol Morris (March 5, 2024) I'd had the Morris ep of the Talking Pictures pod – a joint project from Turner Classic Movies and HBO Max –...
Should you bet on Charlie Hustle and the Matter of Pete Rose?
The crimeThe literal, actionable crime for which Pete Rose did half a year in a federal penitentiary is tax evasion, although related allegations involved...
Wrapping up our summer Edgars flashback with a look back at Final Justice
[a paid sub gets you Susan’s review in your inbox in its entirety! or click here] Over the course of the summer, we’ve done a look back at the 1994 Edgar...
Unraveling the Worst Roommate Ever true crime universe
Still from Worst Roommate Ever Season 2. Courtesy: Netflix Paid supporters get every Best Evidence article directly in their inboxes, and all free readers...
The Docket 07.25.24: Why, Netflix?
[listen to today’s episode here, or wherever you get podcasts!] Two upcoming Netflix properties -- Dirty Pop's three-parter on Lou Pearlman, and the fourth...
Mark Bowden’s The Last Stone: that way madness, lies
The crimeOn March 25, 1975, sisters Sheila and Kate Lyon, ages 12 and 10, vanished from a mall in suburban Maryland. [SDB’s full review here. Want these in...
Looking back at Until The Twelfth Of Never
[Susan Howard’s complete review is here; paid subscribers can read the whole thing in their inboxes!] Over the course of the summer, we’ll be doing a look...
The Midsummer Crime Cluster: an investigation
[the rest of SDB’s prob-stat adventure is right here, or grab a paid sub and get all content in your inbox, in its entirety] For years, I'd thought in...
The Docket 07.18.24: Wellness-scam content recs
[listen to today’s Docket here!] EB and SDB each have subgenres of interest within true crime; wellness-scam content is Eve's waterfront, and she's covering...
The Shannen Doherty BET-CRP
It isn't the first thing I thought of when my esteemed colleague Alan Sepinwall texted me the news of Shannen Doherty's passing over the weekend...or even...